St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-08-25

was dying in the bosoms of the three
girls, when they heard a shout. Just
as the young Vermonter answered it
the ice gave way beneath his feet and
he sank into the cold water of the lake,
leaving his companions standing on
either side of treacherous air-h hole
which had opened to receive him.
They sprang quickly away, sending
wild screams ringing over the frozen
lake. But the brave girl of East Ten
nessee glided up to the opening in the
ice, and when hand appeared above
the dark water threw into it one end
of a wrap which she had quickly tax
en- from her shoulders. The hand
grasped it, and the brave girl drew the
drowning man above the water and by
means of the shawl held him upon the
edge of the ice until help came. Loud
shouts answered the screams of the
Vermont girls, and soon the sharp ring
of skates was heard, and then the
young New Yorker, with his whole force
of ship builders from the point came
with ropes and lanterns. The young
man was quickly lifted from his peri
lous position in the water, and then
the girl who saved his life sank faint
ing upon the ice. She was taken up
tenderly, strong arms lifted the half
drowned Vermont boy, others gave
assistance to the other ladies, and soon
all were at their homes, thankful that
their lives had been spared.
The next day the whole story of the
adventure on the ice was told. The
leader, when they started from Juni-
per island, had no difficulty in follow
ing the marks of the skates made by
the party going out, and in a short
time he reached Shelburne point, and
turned to congratulate his companions.
To his infinite surprise and alarm they
we're not with him. He shouted fran
tically and dashed back toward the
island, leaving the lady. Nothing
could be seen of the others. He shout
ed himself hoarse, but received no an
swer. Then realizing that his COM
panions were lost in the fog, he re-
turned to the point, took off his skates
and ran as quickly as possible to where
the shipbuilders were, mustered the
whole force and at once began a search.
tied them together, stretched the long
line along the shore, and then string
ing themselves out the full length of
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whole lake in search of the lost ones.
Hardly a mile from the point they
found them, and just in time to save
the life of the young man, as has al
ready been related. And it was in
deed narrow escape for them all, for
that night the rain and wind broke up
the ice on the lake, and the next morn
ing long streaks of blue water could
be seen through the wide riffs in the
ice.
Soon after this the visitor returned
to her home in East Tennessee, and
did not again meet the young man
whose life she had saved, until the
war cloud had burst over the land and
the storm of death had spent it's fury
and died away.
When President Lincoln in 1861
called for 1000 volunteers, the young
Vermonter answered the call and was
one of the first to be mustered into the
service. He was a gallant soldier, and
rose from the ranks to a captains pO-
sition. When peace was declared, he
was in East Tennessee, and being Or
dered with his company into one of
the upper counties to quell some dis
turbance, he met the brave girl who
had saved his life on Lake Champlain.
He was soon after mustered out of SER
vice, but instead of returning North
he remained in East Tennessee, and is
now citizen of Knoxville, with the
brave girl who kept him from drown
ing as his wife and the mother of his
children.